On a team that included future Hall of Famers Rickey Henderson and Dennis Eckersley, the Bash Brothers of Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, four-time 20-game winner Dave Stewart and 1990 Cy Young Award winner Bob Welch – plus Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa – was Carney Lansford. Lansford, despite all of the big names on the A’s roster, was named “The Captain” of Oakland Athletics teams that saw three AL Pennants and a World Series Championship.
Oakland Athletics Throwback: Captain Carney Lansford
